Roasted Rack of Lamb

This roasted rack of lamb recipe looks very impressive, but it takes minutes to prepare and can feed a crowd. Perfect for a gathering of family and friends.

It took me a long time to get comfortable with roasting lamb; as I mentioned previously, when I was a child my mother would always boil the lamb and it didn’t taste that good. It was only when I moved to New Zealand – where the world’s best lamb exists – that I finally decided to try my hand at roasting lamb. I bought a boneless, ready-rolled and marinated roast from the supermarket (I forget which cut it was, probably from the leg) and made it at home. It was heavenly! I then decided to make my own roasted leg of lamb and that was really good too. I’ll write out the recipe sometime soon.

Back in Egypt, we used to eat lamb ribs as part of the regular kabab and kofta spread you’d get grilled at specialty restaurants. I didn’t know what they looked like when you bought them from a butcher or supermarket or how to cook them. I also didn’t know you could easily roast them at home and get amazing results. This is something I only recently learned.

A few weeks ago I bought a rack of Salt Spring Island lamb; a variety of lamb that only exists in the British Columbia area on this particular island. It supposedly has an exquisite flavour; I can testify to the fact that it does taste amazing! You can find out more about them here.

If you have a nice roasting pan with a rack, you can put the lamb on top and some vegetables to roast on the bottom. The vegetables soak up the juices and fat from the lamb rack to become beautifully crispy on the outside. I find that the best vegetables for this are potatoes and carrots. However, you could also use mushrooms, asparagus, sweet potatoes, garlic and onions. They all work beautifully. With lamb, don’t be stingy with the marinade or with the herbs and garlic. Lamb has a strong flavour in general and it goes well with flavourful marinades and spices.

Roast rack of lamb. It’s the kind of dish you make to show off in front of friends and family, but that doesn’t take much effort. Photo by author.

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